Cylab, thanks a lot for the link! It looks very close to what i'm looking for... Seems like I might use the same smooth approach as JOGL does when loading OpenGL into applets...

Java is a tool, not a religion

Well, the native part is a combination of high performance math libraries and some legacy code (it works and we really dont want to rewrite in Java due to the time constraints), it's not related to graphics.
Native libs are still a necessity for heavy computation stuff where Java (no pun intended) would consume too much memory and constantly will be hitting GC (even using best practices of object pooling, etc)...
Everything that can be written in Java will be written in Java, the rest will be in C++ (sorry guys)...
I'll look at LWJGL sources (tnx for the idea!), I also would like to know if someone actually made a book/articles about best/correct ways of working with applets and satellite native libs in multi-platform universe...

Thanks

Can anyone point me at a good advanced resource/book for multi-platform java applet development with native libraries (1.4-1.6 versions)?

I'm fairly familiar with applet development using "pure" java, but now it's time when I have to deliver a product in a form of a java applet and it will have some native libraries written in C++... I'm interested in pitfalls and common practices of how I should organize my C++ code to make sure it will be picked up correctly on Windows, MacOS and Linux

Thanks a bunch!

I would suggest starting to code games while keeping day job for 1-2 years. I'm in the same boat in my 30s as well but with a kid coming... I give myself about a year to go gold with several indie games and keep on going living off the "long tail".

Guys, which service do you use you report the web visitor java version?

It seems like Google Analytics do not determine the java version, nor AWStats (at least on my provider). Is there any public web stats service that can report it?
I'm trying to get info off my site before I settle down with Java or Flash.

Thanks!

He is definitely just an irrelevant bot

@ javakiroro

I would recommend you to create a small website and put some screenshots and videos of your games, then post the link here - you will bring a lot of attention, and sales

How about just making money from the ads off the web game page? IMHO, if the game is really good, it can make thousands of bucks in a month...

I'm really interested to look at the code and learn! The game really ran smooth on my mid-range computer under JRE 1.6. I was about to code my next game in Flash, but this game shows that same effects can be done in Java! Besides, Java penetration is 98%, which is about the same as Flash.

Thank you!